Goen Dining + Bar

Wow fresh so fresh. I don't eat fish but I enjoy sushi. And normally I don't eat sashimi but I went for it!We also had the California Dragon Roll & Spicy Tuna Roll. This is my friend's favorite spot so of course they took me. I loved it all! The s'more was next level good so save room for dessert!Service was excellent- super nice servers. Food 5 stars!We ate outside & it was such a great night for it. 5 stars & I want to come back! My 1st trip & it won't be my last.

Another great night of good food, wine, and live music. The happy hour at Goen has been doing really well, as the weekly dining crowd is very steady, even at the bar area. I can attest to this, since I've been coming weekly since they started the HH menu with live music several months ago. Since they offer all bottles of wine at 30% off during HH, I decided to take advantage of that tonight, and ordered a bottle of Clos du Val cabernet (since you can take home the bottle if you don't finish it).The wine, along with an order of the pork ribs and the Brussels sprouts with cauliflower, were enough for me while enjoying Shawn Kainoa providing music, while watching the football game on the TV at the bar. The service was great, as usual, and before I knew it, 2 hours had passed and I called it a night. But, of course, in the words of the Terminator, "I'll be back." Probably very soon.

We decided to try out Goen hoping that it would differentiated enough from Roy Yamaguchi's other restaurants. The food was as solid as his other establishments. We avoided the Brussel sprouts as we had something very similar from Eating House 1849 in Waikiki a few nights before. I would not suggest to eat at multiple Roy Yamaguchi restaurants too close together because they will start to feel the same.Usually the desserts are as flavorful as his dishes but the ones we had (Basque Cheesecake and S'mores) fell a little short at Goen. Our service was very good, from the time we arrived, until final payment. The restaurant is open and well designed. They had live music when we were there.To reiterate, out experience at Goen was solid but not spectacular.

Goen never fails, our server was amazing she did an excellent job all around. The food is epic as usual, not bad item on the menu. The ambience the ambience is lovely no matter where sat!

This is definitely one of the more higher-end restaurants in Kailua and my girlfriend and I went here on a Saturday evening during the holiday season. We shared some of the different menu items we ordered, and they were absolutely delicious and filling! Service is great and the seating is comfortable and excellent!

This place was absolutely delicious. Service was quick and very pleasantAmbience and seating was cozy and created a great vibe for our table We got a few different items and all of us were so happy with the outcome of everything. Highly recommend for a date night, family dinner, or any occasion.

It is a bit pricey, but it's also really good. Staff was kind and attentive and gave great recommendations as to their favs on the menu which is always welcome. Dishes came out quick and in order.We started with the fry basket which comes with herb cream cheese dip. The mushrooms were crispy and flavorful (also quite filling) and the dip was fantastic, soft and creamy with bright herbs to tease the palate. We followed this up with a healthy beet salad. Huge chunks of delicious earthy beets, one small disc of toasted goat cheese and a nice vinaigrette (could have used more dressing and goat cheese), but overall a nice healthful edition to the meal. For the entrees we had the arrabbiata pasta with burrata; just a whisper of spice but a nice sauce covering all the noods and a giant ball of cool burrata. I'd order this again and even though I thought I was full after the fry basket and salad, I still ate all of the pasta. Truffle gnocchi with shrimp and crispy calamari was rich and cheesy with a good truffle flavor.Dinner concluded with a deconstructed smore which was so good. Again, I thought I was full until I started eating the chocolate, then I mixed in a bit of the toasted marshmallow and couldn't stop eating it. It could have used a bit more graham cracker crumble (looks like a nice amount in the pic, but taste was muted by the chocolate).The space is nice and bright and you don't feel crammed in as there is plenty of space between tables.

Happened to be in the Kailua area and some friends recommended to come here on the weekend for happy hour. We ordered the lychee martini and a fried California roll from the HH menu. You can never go wrong with a lychee martini but I must say that cali roll was amazing.. I might come here just for the California roll if I'm ever in the area, it's that delicious. Vibes were amazing, they had live music too. Great ambiance with great food albeit a little on the pricier side. We will come back!

I didn't even realize this place existed until one night we ordered take out from here to celebrate my mother in laws birthday. I was the one to order it and pick it up. I placed an order for 6 entrees and was told the wait would be 30 mins. Showed up there shortly after then and paid and food still wasn't ready so it probably was more like 45 mins. I ordered the misoyaki butterfish. Whenever I go to roys, that's my go to so I decided to try it here too. It tasted the same but the portion seemed a little smaller than normal. I also had some of the braised beef short rib which was good as well but seemed pretty small. The restaurant itself seemed to be a nice place to eat it. Next time we will probably try to eat in. We would've eaten there this time but they were booked for larger parties already.

Food is delicious , service fabulous ambience the best! We are taking friends from Vegas this weekend